On the Fall River in Idaho, 5-miles from the southwest corner of Yellowstone Park, we use goats instead of herbicides to control weeds and stimulate grasses in sagebrush meadows. Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest […]
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All posts tagged: Bio-Diversity
Scorched Portugal Turns to the Goat as a Low-Cost Firefighter
In nature, different animals eat different kinds of plants and there are specific species for every such “ecological niche”. Where native animals have gone missing, domestic goats can be used to replace animals that once […]
Read morePitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #2
Restoring an abandoned beaver meadow in an Idaho forest near Yellowstone Park. Second of a series. Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #2 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.
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Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1
Restoring an abandoned beaver dam in an Idaho forest near Yellowstone Park. Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.
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Wild Pups Romp Again in an African Paradise
This is part of a remarkable success story from Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. The success there shows how fast systems can recover when keystone grazers, numerous prey species and the full compliment of predators are […]
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Harold the Helldiver Moose
Beautiful footage of a swimming Adirondacks moose.
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Understanding the Ecological Role of Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Loathed as a threat and nuisance, the wolf population in Yellowstone National Park was essentially wiped out by the mid 1920’s. That changed in 1995, when the National Park Service reintroduced them there, with the […]
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Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters #1
Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.
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Grizzly Bears: The Fierce Predator of the North
Grizzly bears are at the top of the food chain, but much of their diet consists of fruit, roots, and grasses.
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Restoring Elk Country-Little Snowy Mountains Montana
Due to fire suppression and a lack of active management, forests can become unnaturally dense and overgrown…and that’s bad news for elk and other wildlife in need of quality forage and habitat. With that in mind, […]
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